Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. A swimmer jumps into the icy waters of a river on a snowy winter day in Taiyuan, Shanxi province December 7, 2009.
  2. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 07: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at the South Korea's National Assembly on December 7, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Canada and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  3. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 07: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at the South Korea's National Assembly on December 7, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Canada and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  4. The mother (C) of Liliya Kalashnikova, 30, a victim of Lame Horse nightclub fire, is comforted by relatives during a burial ceremony at a cemetery outside Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 7, 2009. Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm.
  5. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 07: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at the South Korea's National Assembly on December 7, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Canada and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  6. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 07: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper visit at the South Korea's National Assembly on December 7, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Canada and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs committee, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Netanyahu testified at the committee about Israel's interest in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
  8. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs committee, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Netanyahu testified at the committee about Israel's interest in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
  9. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs committee, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Netanyahu testified at the committee about Israel's interest in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
  10. A pro-unification activist adjusts a sign on a placard during a rally demanding U.S.-North Korea summit in front of the foreign ministry's main office, where U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth met South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac, in Seoul December 7, 2009. The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for Bosworth's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported.
  11. The mother (3rd L) of Liliya Kalashnikova, 30, a victim of Lame Horse nightclub fire, is helped by relatives during a burial ceremony at a cemetery outside Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 7, 2009. Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm.
  12. Pro-unification activists shout slogans at a rally demanding U.S.-North Korea summit in front of the foreign ministry's main office, where U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth met South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac, in Seoul December 7, 2009. The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for Bosworth's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported.
  13. Pro-unification activists shout slogans at a rally demanding U.S.-North Korea summit in front of the foreign ministry's main office, where U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth met South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac, in Seoul December 7, 2009. The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for Bosworth's a U.S. envoy's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported.
  14. A masked woman looks away while crossing a street in the city center shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, in Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States.
  15. Chinese walk past a pipe releasing smoke next to a pedestrian street while the city center is shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States.
  16. Pedestrians walk across the city center shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States.
  17. BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Todd Banfield kicks the ball during a Brisbane Lions AFL training session at Giffin Park on December 7, 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.
  18. BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Michael Rischitelli during a Brisbane Lions AFL training session at Giffin Park on December 7, 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.